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1000 Airplanes On The Roof
''1000 Airplanes on the Roof'' is a melodrama in one act by Philip Glass which featured text by David Henry Hwang and projections by Jerome Sirlin. It is described by Glass as "a science fiction music drama". The work was commissioned by the Donau Festival, Krems an der Donau, The American Music Theater Festival, Philadelphia, and West Berlin City Council in 1988. It premiered on July 15, 1988, at the Vienna Airport in Hangar #3. The performance featured vocals by Linda Ronstadt and was conducted by Michael Riesman. The US premiere took place in September 1988 at The American Music Theater Festival, Philadelphia and went on to play in 40 US cities and Canada, including New York, Boston, Chicago and Toronto, as well as Glasgow, Scotland during that city's celebration as European City of Culture. Synopsis The drama is set in New York City with a sole character, "M", who recalls encounters with extraterrestrial life forms, including their message: It is better to forget, it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Glass
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. Glass describes himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped evolve stylistically. Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards. He has written fifteen operas, numerous chamber operas and musical theatre works, fourteen symphony, symphonies, twelve concertos, nine string quartets and various other chamber music, and several film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for an Academy Award. Life and work 1937–1964: Beginnings, early education and influences Philip Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 31, 1937, the son of Ida (née Gouline) and Benjamin Charles Glass. His family were Lithuanian Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedy Weiss
Hedy () is a German given name, sometimes a diminutive form of Hedwig. Notable people with the name include: * Hedy Bienenfeld (1907–1976), Austrian-American Olympic swimmer * Hedy Burress (born c. 1973), American actress * Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937), Dutch politician, geographer, and sociologist * Hedy Epstein (born 1924), German-born Jewish-American political activist * Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979), Austrian composer * Hedy Fry (born 1941), Trinidadian-Canadian politician and physician * Hedy Graf (1926–1997), Spanish-born Swiss classically trained soprano * Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann (1879–1941), German operatic soprano of Brazilian birth * Hedy Klineman, American painter * Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), Austrian-American film actress and inventor * Hedy Schlunegger (1923–2003), Swiss alpine skier * Hedy Scott (born 1946), Belgian-American model and actress * Hedy Stenuf (1922–2010), Austrian figure skater who later competed for France and the United States * Hedy West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Operas
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian Bicentenary, Bicentennial on January 26; The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet Union, Soviet troops begin their Soviet-Afghan War, withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the 1989, next year; The 1988 Armenian earthquake kills between 25,000-50,000 people; The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland- the event kills 270 people., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Piper Alpha rect 200 0 400 200 Iran Air Flight 655 rect 400 0 600 200 Australian Bicentenary rect 0 200 300 400 Pan Am Flight 103 rect 300 200 600 400 1988 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 8888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
